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Harrison, Carter H. (Carter Henry), 1860-1953

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Echo-lets of election day

Echo-lets of election day

In the first vignette, Alton B. Parker knocks on the door of August Belmont. Caption: Mr. Parker—”Did I understand that there was a $50,000 job vacant around here?” In the second, Henry Gassaway Davis holds a large money barrel while President Roosevelt walks away with West Virginia woman. Caption: At last reports Uncle Henry Davis was still holding his own. In the third, “Dr. Bryan,” “Dr. Hearst,” and “Dr. Watson” all attempt to doctor a bandaged Democratic donkey. Caption: The Doctors—”Cheer up, we’ll begin work on you again.” In the fourth vignette, William Preston Harrison walks from the “West Side” to the “North Side.” Caption: William Preston Harrison leaves from again. In the fifth, Parker stands beside William H. Douglas who holds a sign with a shoe on it that reads, “It pays to advertise.” In the sixth, Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison stares at a sign that reads, “Wisconsin for Roosevelt . . . 50,000—Illinois for Roosevelt . . . 230,000—Indiana for Roosevelt . . . 60,000.” Caption: The states he promised Parker.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-11-10

Has “Crazo” a rival?

Has “Crazo” a rival?

Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison rides on a roller coaster car on a track that loops in the shape of President Roosevelt’s face and ends at the White House. A sign at the beginning of the roller coaster, pointing back, reads, “Mayor’s Office.” A sign hanging in the center of the loop represents Roosevelt’s mustache and reads, “Don’t Breathe, Please.” Harrison was the Democratic mayor of Chicago from 1897 to 1905 and from 1911 to 1915.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903

Take your pick

Take your pick

A number of pins in the shape of various presidential candidates are in the “1904” pincushion: David B. Hill; Arthur P. Gorman; Chicago mayor Carter H. Harrison; Cleveland, Ohio, mayor Tom Loftin Johnson; and President Roosevelt.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1902-04-10

Letter from William A. Northcott to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William A. Northcott to Theodore Roosevelt

William A. Northcott, president of the Illinois Woodmen Social Club, invites Theodore Roosevelt to speak at the Modern Woodmen of America annual banquet on January 22, 1912, during their national convention. He discusses the Illinois chapters’ involvement with the larger organization and describes the banquet’s program. Northcott believes Roosevelt is the leading factor in fighting on behalf of the people against trusts. The meeting will put him in touch with similar men. It is not a political event but an opportunity for Roosevelt to speak on cooperation. Northcott reminds Roosevelt that he appointed him United States District Attorney for Southern Illinois.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1911-11-06

Letter from Ernest McGaffey to William Loeb

Letter from Ernest McGaffey to William Loeb

Ernest McGaffey sends William Loeb a magazine article by Emerson Hough about Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison to show President Roosevelt. McGaffey asks on behalf of Hough if Loeb can get Roosevelt to write a piece on the benefits of an outdoor life for the Sportsmen of America publication, Field and Stream.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-07-11

“I wonder where I’ll be a year from today?”

“I wonder where I’ll be a year from today?”

A number of men sit or stand in a “political waiting room—the presidential possibilities and impossibilities”: President Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland, William Jennings Bryan, Arthur P. Gorman, Alton B. Parker, William Randolph Hearst, Chicago Mayor Carter H. Harrison, Missouri Senator Francis Marion Cockrell, and George Gray. The date—March 4, 1904—is on one wall while another wall has a sign that reads, “Smoking allowed.” Roosevelt reads “How to Ketch a Catamount” while Cleveland’s book—”Fish I Have Caught”—is upside down. There are some hand-drawn additions by “REL.”

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-03-04

Letter from Otto Gresham to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Otto Gresham to Theodore Roosevelt

Otto Gresham encloses clippings from the Chicago Chronicle and relays that the newspaper is owned by John R. Walsh, president of the Chicago National Bank. Gresham discusses the electoral vote in Illinois, Indiana, and the northwest United States. Gresham believes the Illinois delegation will be for Grover Cleveland and General James B. Weaver, but will be contended by citizens in favor of Mayor Carter H. Harrison. Gresham notes his recent luncheon with James H. Eckels.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-10-31

Letter from Ernest McGaffey to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from Ernest McGaffey to Theodore Roosevelt

Ernest McGaffey thanks President Roosevelt for sending him a photograph and inscription, confiding that he keeps the photo among others, such as those of Carter H. Harrison, Lord Byron, Jack Raftery, and of himself. McGaffey also announces the birth of his daughter, Lenore Louise, and mentions reading Roosevelt’s books Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail and Hunting Trips of a Ranchman.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-06